Wednesday, 7 October 2015

A garden first

A respectable list last night and some new species added to the year list as well as the garden list.
I probably could have done better had it not chucked it down for nearly an hour at dusk, drenching everything.
Yellow-line Quaker and Blair's Shiulder-knot were new for the year, Deep-brown Dart (albeit a worn example) was a garden tick and the 289th Macro species for the garden since 2012.

More exciting but very drab in appearance was a worn Depressaria chaerophylli, only my second ever record. The keys were checked by Colin Plant to confirm this uncommon species.

Catch Report -  06/10/15 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap

Macro Moths

1x Deep-brown Dart [NFG]
1x Yellow-line Quaker [NFY]
1x Blair's Shoulder-knot [NFY]
3x Common Marbled Carpet
2x Large Ranunculus
2x Barred Sallow
1x Willow Beauty
1x Herald
2x Snout
3x Large Yellow Underwing
1x Lesser Yellow Underwing
1x Pale Mottled Willow

Micro Moths

1x Depressaria chaerophylli [NFY]
3x Acleris variegana
1x Amblyptilia acanthadactyla

Depressaria chaerophylli












Yellow-line Quaker













Deep-brown Dart












Blair's Shoulder-knot

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